Tech Toys The Team @RSHotel Thinks You Need For The Holidays:

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by BrianSimpson in Community

The holidays are upon us and the talk of ‘toys’ at the hotel is crazy. A year ago it was about golf clubs, vacations and Flip cams. Now, after a year of being ‘social’ and doing everything we could to create, capture and share content our, our lists have changed. Grown if you will…
Here is a glimpse at what some of us think you need for this holiday season.

Mr. Knowles, CEO and Owner of Ther Roger Smith Hotel

Tech gifts that I think are worth what we pay for them and are useful to us:

1. Check out the Sony mdr-g75
2. The scribe device with paper and ocr recognition
3. How about the Leica LUX-4
4. Zoom H 4

Ek Wongleecharoen, Assistant General Manager

This is what I would like to have in my pocket when I travel:

1. Kindle: Reading Device
2. Panasonic DMC-ZS3K or DMC-ZS3A
3. Dell Latitude XT or Mac Book Air

Adam Wallace, Director of New Media

This is what I would suggest:

1. A Netbook (don’t know a specific kind)
2. Mophie iPhone extra battery pack
3. Kodak Zi8

Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality

What you can’t live without for twenty-10:

1. Wireless Sony headphones
2. Cannon 7D
3. Macbook Pro

John Birdsong, Professional Videographer Panman Productions & All-Around Amazing Guy

Saving the best for last ~ Our resident gadget expert chimes in with:

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory (add another 4gb yourself and save $800)
250GB Hard Drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
Illuminated keyboard

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac
$1,299 – save $200 off of list. fully guaranteed with one year of apple care.

Netflix subscription (if you don’t have one get one!!!)
as little as 7.99 a month includes one unlimited disc and unlimited streaming content

connector for laptop to flatscreen TV
around $20

BEST inexpensive speaker systrem – I have these and they are INCREDIBLE. 200 watts THX certified

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/231&cl=us,en

$169.00

Air mouse iphone app
$2.99
Control your computer from your iphone. Best wireless touch screen mouse around. Control volume, select netflix and hulu content, surf youtube, and email. It just works.